A new model to analyze infectious disease outbreak data has been developed by mathematicians that could be used to improve disease tracking and control.
Mar 7, 2022
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A new study by UCLA researchers and colleagues demonstrates that the Ebola vaccine known as rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP results in a robust and enduring antibody response among vaccinated individuals in areas of the Democratic Republic ...
Feb 8, 2022
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Although the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other dangerous pathogens still out there, like Yersinia pestis, which causes plague—the deadly disease that killed tens of millions of people during ...
Aug 13, 2021
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A new mathematical model for predicting infectious disease outbreaks incorporates fear—both of disease and of vaccines—to better understand how pandemics can occur in multiple waves of infections, like those we are seeing ...
Aug 4, 2021
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New research sheds light on the origins of a 2012 Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a report published online this week in the journal Cell Reports Medicine. The work ...
Aug 2, 2021
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Scientists at the University of Georgia have used machine learning to predict the reemergence of existing infectious diseases. The algorithm monitors public health data to detect statistical patterns associated with impending ...
Sep 16, 2020
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As if the COVID-19 pandemic isn't scary enough, the flu season is not far away. How severe will the flu season be as it converges with the COVID-19 outbreak? What can we do to prepare?
May 29, 2020
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With so many COVID-19 models being developed, how do policymakers know which ones to use? A new process to harness multiple disease models for outbreak management has been developed by an international team of researchers. ...
May 7, 2020
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Antiviral antibodies produced by survivors of Ebola infection continue to evolve and improve after recovery, according to a detailed study of the immune responses of four people who received care at Emory University Hospital ...
May 16, 2019
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A country's progress towards measles elimination can be mapped on a "canonical path" that in turn can guide vaccination strategies, according to a study from scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
May 9, 2019
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